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Calendar of Events & Activities

Compiled by Guy Poole

Wednesday November 14, 2001

Wednesday, Nov. 14

Prose Writers’ Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center Library

1414 Walnut St.

From Op-ed to fiction, memoir to the feature article – a community

writers' group to support and encourage a community of interests. Workshop format. Free. 524-3034

Flu Shots

12:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

South Berkeley Senior Center

2939 Ellis St.

The City of Berkeley Health Department will administer flu shots to individuals 60 years old or more and to those with specific chronic diseases. $2 donation. 644-6500

Toddler Storytime

7 p.m.

West Berkeley Library

1125 University Ave.

For families with children three years or younger, a program to expose the youngest readers to multicultural stories, songs and finger plays.

Every Wednesday through Nov. 28.

Movie Presentation

1 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst St.

The movie, “If These Walls Could Talk” will be shown. 644-6107

Near-Death Experience

Support/Information-Sharing

Group

7 - 9 p.m.

Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Church

1606 Bonita Ave.

The new East Bay chapter of IANDS (International Association of Near-Death Studies) will be provide an open, sharing, compassionate and supportive environment for the exploration of NDEs, the dying process, the meaning of life and human consciousness. 428-2442 www.iands.org.

Haiti: Ten Years After the Coup

7 p.m.

La Pena Cultural Center

3105 Shattuck Ave.

Film: LaFanmi Selavi (The Family is Life) by Lee Flynn and Caitlin Manning. A documentary showing Haiti and its people living in a culture of resistance, dignity, and hope-– a perspective rarely explored by the media. Sponsored by Jericho Amnesty Movement. $5 (no one turned away for lack of funds). 483-7481

Second Wednesdays Poetry

Writing Workshop

7 - 9 p.m.

Albany Library

1247 Marin Ave.

Second Wednesdays is a monthly Poetry Writing Workshop, led by Alison Seevak. Free and open to all ages. 526-3720 x19

Planning Commission

7 p.m.

North Berkeley Senior Center

1901 Hearst Ave.

Wireless Telecommunications Facilities: Continued Planning Commission discussion of and action on proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendments to add Chapter 23C.17 and new definitions to Subsection 23F regarding the siting, installation, and operation of wireless telecommunications antennas and related facilities for personal wireless services. The new regulations shall apply to wireless telecommunications facilities on property other than the public right of way.

Thursday, Nov. 15

Berkeley Center for

Globalization and Information

Technology

noon

Institute of Governmental Studies

UC Berkeley, 119 Moses Hall

Inderpal Grewal, SFSU, “Transnational America: Identity, Citizenship and Diasporas in Late-Twentienth Century USA.” 642-4608

Flu Shots

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

West Berkeley Senior Center

1900 Sixth St.

The City of Berkeley Health Department will administer flu shots to individuals 60 years old or more and to those with specific chronic diseases. $2 donation. 644-6500

UK Seminar

5 p.m.

Institute of Governmental Studies

UC Berkeley, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

John Brewer, University of Chicago, “New Ways in History, or, Talking about my Generation: History and Modernity in the 1960s.” 642-4608

Latin Dance Class

7:30 p.m.

Berkeley/Richmond Jewish Community Center

1414 Walnut St.

Salsa, Cha-cha, Merengue... $10, No partner necessary. All ages and levels welcome. 508-4616

Storytelling Workshop for

Senior Adults